Mercury concentration and monomethylmercury production in sediment: Effect of dredged sediment reuse on bioconcentration for ragworms

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 219, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 59-68

  Han, Seunghee ^a,b   Porrachia, Magali ^a   Volpato, Elisa ^c   Gieskes, Joris ^a   Deheyn, Dimitri D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c THETIS S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Bioconcentration; Estuary; Mercury; Monomethylmercury; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ORGANISMS; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOCONCENTRATION; DREDGE MATERIALS; DREDGED SEDIMENTS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; IRON SULFIDE; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MONOMETHYLMERCURY; PORE WATERS; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; SULFATE REDUCTION; VENICE LAGOON;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR; WATER;

DREDGING;

AMMONIA; FERROUS SULFIDE; IRON; MERCURY; MONOMETHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAGENESIS; DREDGING; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; IRON SULFIDE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCHAETE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGENESIS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LAGOON; RAGWORM; RECYCLING; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

ITALY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 79959375818     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0683-7     Document Type: Article

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